Luke 23:29

Luke 23:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
• New International Version (NIV)For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’
• English Standard Version (ESV)For behold, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'
• New King James Version (NKJV)For indeed the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed!’

Context of Luke 23:29

27A large crowd followed Jesus. The women in the crowd cried and sang funeral songs for him. 28Jesus turned to them and said, “You women of Jerusalem, don’t cry for me! Rather, cry for yourselves and your children! The time is coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the women who couldn’t get pregnant, who couldn’t give birth, and who couldn’t nurse a child.’ 30Then people will say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’ 31If people do this to a green tree, what will happen to a dry one?”

Luke 23:29 word by word

ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἔρχονται ἡμέραι ἐν αἷς ἐροῦσιν· μακάριαι αἱ στεῖραι καὶ αἱ κοιλίαι αἳ οὐκ ἐγέννησαν καὶ μαστοὶ οἳ οὐκ ἔθρεψαν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• the daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• are comingἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• they shall sayἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• Blessedμακάριοςmakarios · blessedG3107
• the barrenὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the barrenστεῖραsteiros · barrenG4723
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the wombsκοιλίαkoilia · belly/womb/stomachG2836
• neverοὐou · noG3756
• bareγεννάωgennaō · to begetG1080
• the papsμαστός, μαζόςmastos · breastG3149
• gave suckθηλάζωthēlazō · to suckleG2337

Cross-references for Luke 23:29

• Luke 21:23“How horrible it will be for women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days. Indeed, the land will suffer very hard times, and its people will be punished.
• Matthew 24:19“How horrible it will be for the women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days.
• Mark 13:17“How horrible it will be for the women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days.
• Deuteronomy 28:53Because of the hardships your enemies will make you suffer during the blockade, you will eat the flesh of your own children, the sons and daughters, whom the Lord your God has given you.
• Hosea 9:12Even if they bring up children, I will take those children away before they grow up. Yes, how horrible it will be for them when I leave them.
• Hosea 13:16The people of Samaria are guilty as charged because they rebelled against their God. They will be killed in war, their children will be smashed to death, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.

Commentaries on Luke 23:29

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-31Verses 26-31 We have here the blessed Jesus, the Lamb of God, led as a lamb to the slaughter, to the sacrifice. Though many reproached and reviled him, yet some pitied him. But the death of Christ was his victory and triumph over his enemies: it was our deliverance, the purchase of eternal life for us. Therefore weep not for him, but let us weep for our own sins, and the sins of our children, which caused his death; and weep for fear of the miseries we…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29Blessed are the barren women: In that culture, not having children was usually considered a great shame (see study note on 1:7). But during this terrible disaster, women without children would be considered fortunate because they would not have to watch their children suffer and die from hunger.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-3127-31. women--not the precious Galilean women (Lu 23:49), but part of the crowd.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 23:29

• Death
• Despondency
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jesus, the Christ

In the dictionaries

• Certainly
• Commend
• Condemnation
• Crucify
• Gorgeous
• Humiliation of Christ
• Paradise
• Superscription
• Barren; Barrenness
• Jesus Christ

Commentaries on Luke 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings